An Innovative Learning Environment needs to be flexible and movable with spaces for individual, peer collaboration and whole group interactions.

What to look for when purchasing ILE (Innovative Learning Environment) furniture?

• Moveable (with lockable wheels or light enough to be moved easily by a child)

• Modular so it fits together and can be pulled apart

• Different heights, tables to stand at, sit at and kneel at

• Swinging chairs so those informal/ formal conversations can happen

• Brightly coloured

• Hard wearing, comfortable and sturdy

Linking Tables	Linking tables, apple TV and 32" TV	Curvy tables
Curvy daisy shape tables	Bean Bags	Curved Ottoman chair
Tables and Chairs at different heights	Hokki stools in the background	TV with Whiteboard on the other side mounted on a moveable trolley with shelves for storage
Couches and curved padded seats	Kidney shaped Workstation tables	Large collaborative tables
High tables, comfortable couches	Moveable bench seats	Variety of furniture
Kneelers and Squabs	Modular, fitting together and can be pulled apart for independent work	Beanbags
Round table and padded squabs	These Whiteboard tables are awesome, use them as a teaching station or for children to work independently at.	Long wavy table with swinging gas lift chairs on castors. (Hobsonville Point Secondary School)

Note the half stools	Swinging Chairs	Fish shape tables
Robust comfortable swinging chair	Linking tables	Tables to stand at
Moveable stools	Schools are starting to buy whiteboard tables. They make fantastic teaching and learning stations. Even NASA training rooms have them!	Comfortable chairs with a tabletop known as Study chairs (Hobsonville Point Secondary School)
Colourful ottomans and foam couches. (Hobsonville Point Secondary School)	Device Charging Station. (Hobsonville Point Secondary School)	Ottomans and foam couches. (Hobsonville Point Secondary School)

Classroom Layout tool

Teaching and Learning Stations

This is not replacing the whiteboard as the front of the room. This is a place where teachers and students or just students by themselves can share their work, ask for help, ask and answer questions.

This diagram was created by Richard Wells who wrote the post 'Hey Teachers, would you be a student?' on his blog iPad for Schools. These are things to be thought about when designing an ILE room.